In Pictures: 10 of the biggest pieces of heavyweight hardware

Osborne 1
Of course, to really get a look at the most insane laptops, you have to go back in time quite a ways. Generally considered the first true portable computer, the 1981 Osborne 1 was a 24-pound behemoth that cost about $1,800 and ran the now-defunct CP/M operating system.

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